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Night procession with performers in bright yellow and green body paint, some wearing white head cloths and orange or blue waist cloths, dancing in a street-like open ground. Behind them, decorated colourful palanquins or ratha-style canopies with multicoloured fabric and gold tassels stand under a red tent and strings of lights. Onlookers in white shirts, dhotis and casual clothes watch and drummers play large drums. A woman in a green sari and a man in a white shirt and grey dhoti stand at right, with a costumed figure in headdress nearby. Trees and lit decorations frame the scene.

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December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23Night procession with performers in bright yellow-green body paint and white headwraps dancing on a paved courtyard. Ornate multicoloured decorated palanquins with fringed canopies stand behind them, one with red and yellow panels. Drummers in white dhotis and orange-bordered cloths play drums, and crowd members in white shirts and dhotis watch. Some performers wear fierce painted faces and feathered headdresses, and a woman in green and gold sari stands at right. Fairy lights and tents frame the scene.2016-12-23Night procession on a paved street lit by a bright white floodlight and strings of multicoloured lights on a building at right. Several dancers in saris of red, green, yellow and teal balance tall headdresses of white feather plumes, pink and multicoloured ornaments and floral garlands, moving among drummers and onlookers. A drummer at right wears a green top and white dhoti and carries a drum. Robed men in white and devotees stand behind the dancers, with a decorated red-and-yellow palanquin-like structure at the far left edge. No a person candidate is clearly visible.2016-12-23Night procession scene outdoors on a paved ground. In the foreground, several performers with bright yellow-green body paint and leafy patterns, wearing orange and black loincloths and white head cloths, dance energetically in a circle. A drummer in white clothes plays a drum at centre. Behind them, a decorated palanquin or ratha with colourful patterned canopies and a red-and-white striped bell-shaped top stands under tents. Spectators in white shirts, dhotis and casual clothes watch, and at right two figures in ornate costume with gold crowns, peacock-style headdresses and a long staff stand beside a woman in a green sari with a purple border. Strings of lights hang on a tree at upper right.2016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23Night procession on a paved road lit by strings of coloured lights along a red wall. Performers in elaborate costumes dance with trident-like staffs; a figure in green and gold stands at left, and two dancers at centre wear dark matted wigs, a zebra-striped skirt with orange-and-blue trim, and a gold-and-black headdress. Behind them, devotees in white kurtas and dhotis, some with bags and drums, follow the procession under a yellow and blue ceremonial umbrella topped with a trident and kalasha-style finials. Smoke drifts through the scene.2016-12-09